Although the smartschoolboy9 saga took the internet by storm after Nick Crowley’s YouTube documentary, it all started on Reddit – and it looks like it will end there too, as the page has now been banned. Concerned netizens began posting about the case in April 2024 after discovering multiple Instagram profiles that appeared to be an adult masquerading as children with heavily edited, warped, and even explicit imagery. It seemed to originate from the same user: smartschoolboy9 , a British adult male who dresses up in school uniforms.
As concerns intensified, Crowley dropped his YouTube documentary on the case in a bid to raise awareness. He condemned harassment of any kind, but as news spread, the story sparked concerning trends: bizarre theories , alleged copycats , phony interviews , and even fan art . Despite rumors of his arrest and claims 59-year-old David Alter/London is behind the accounts, no official police investigation has been launched and his identity was never uncovered.
Those who feel concerned had one place to go: the smartschoolboy9 subreddit. But this is no longer the case. Smartschoolboy9 saga leads to Reddit ban As of November 2024, the smartschoolboy9 Reddit page has been banned due to a “violation of Reddit’s content policy against harassing content.
” It’s not uncommon for subreddits to be banned if they cross certain lines, in this case being that it facilitated or encouraged harassment. It’s likely that discussion on the smartschoolboy9 su.